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SANTIAGO v. THE INES

No. 85.

166 F.Supp. 212 (1958)

Benito De Jesus SANTIAGO, Libelant, v. THE Steamship INES, her engines, boilers, etc., and A. H. Bull Steamship Company, Respondents.

United States District Court D. of Puerto Rico, San Juan Division.

October 2, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley L. Feldstein, San Juan, P. R., for libelant.

Hartzell, Fernandez & Novas, San Juan, P. R., for respondents.

RUIZ-NAZARIO, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty which is in personam, as no in rem jurisdiction has been acquired by this Court. The libelant sued for personal injuries allegedly suffered aboard the S.S. Ines, allegedly caused by a defective winch and the negligence of the master and crew of the said vessel.

Libelant died of cancer on April 28, 1956, and respondent now urges the Court to dismiss the suit on the ground that the suit has abated and...

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